Chilton is an English surname. Notable persons with the surname include:
Allenby Chilton (1918-1996), English football player
Alex Chilton (1950-2010), American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer
Bart Chilton (born 1960), commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Charles Chilton (1917–2013), BBC radio presenter, a writer and a producer
Charles Chilton (zoologist) (1860–1929), New Zealand
Chris Chilton (born 1943), British footballer
David Chilton (1951–1997), pastor and Christian Reconstructionist
David Barr Chilton, Canadian financial author
Horace Chilton (1853-1932), printer, lawyer, and Democratic US Senator from Texas
James Chilton, died 1620 on the Mayflower
John Chilton (1932–2016), British jazz trumpeter and writer
Kevin Patrick "Chily" Chilton (b. 1954), 4-star General in the USAF and NASA astronaut
Mark Chilton (born 1976), British cricketer
Mark H. Chilton (born 1970), mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina
Mary Chilton (1607 – 1676 x 1679), passenger on the Mayflower
Max Chilton (born 1991) British racing driver competing in Formula 1
Robert H. Chilton (1815–1879), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War; Chief of Staff for Robert E. Lee
Selina Chilton (born 1981), English actress
Shirley Chilton (1923–2013), American businesswoman and politician
Thomas Chilton (1798-1854), U.S. Representative from Kentucky, Baptist clergyman, ghost writer of David Crockett's autobiography
Thomas H. Chilton (1899-1972), chemical engineer and professor
Tom Chilton (born 1985), British auto racing driver
Tom Chilton (game developer) for the World of Warcraft game
William Chilton (printer) (1815-1855), British printer, socialist, atheist, and evolutionist
William E. Chilton (1856–1939), United States Senator from West Virginia
William Parish Chilton (1810–1871), lawyer, jurist, and politician serving Alabama and later the Confederate States of America
